Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.165-Revolution Council Papers, 1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Ross

• Main Authors: Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
• Language: unknown
• Published: Harvard Dataverse 1776
• Subjects: Social Sciences; accepted; committed; ordered; read; received; reported; Manuscript; Several names from a committee; Nathaniel Morgan; William Ross; Island of Jamaica gentlemen; No; 2; Bayly; Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/E1QKN

Petition subject: Permission to travel Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906040 Date of creation: 1776-07 Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures: William Ross Nathaniel Morgan Actions taken on dates: 1776-07-17,1776-08-07 Legislative action: Received in the Council on July 17, 1776 and read and ordered and committed and reported and received in the Council on August 7, 1776 and read and accepted Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, committed, reported, received, read, accepted Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Island of Jamaica gentlemen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript : Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Jamaica, ship Zachary Bayly, London, Captain Johnson, Boston, England, [additional documents in volumes] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 165, pages 108-109 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.